Rashard Lewis was scared about Hidalgo trip

Lewis, a Houston native who is somewhat familiar to the South Texas city, told John Denton of Orlando Magic.com that he had some trepidation about playing against Houston last night near the United States-Mexico border.

“I remember playing there when I was with Seattle and we played the Rockets,” Lewis said. “The hotel that we stay at is right on the border and if you go out on the patio, the border is literally like 15 feet away.

“I didn’t leave the hotel because the border was too close. This time, I’ll stay in the room and watch whatever kind of cable that they have because I’m not going outside there.”

Something tells me those are the kind of globalization quotes that David Stern likes to see as his league spreads the basketball gospel across borders.